Telegraph scaremongering again
Prisoners paid £5m cost of living expenses when given early release
Why the Telegraph insists on calling it compensation is beyond me...
Criminals released early from prison under a scheme to end overcrowding have been paid more than £5 million in compensation, official figures show.
Compare and contrast...
"Offenders – including some convicted of violent crimes – are entitled to around £7 a day plus a one-off payment of £46, as they are not allowed to claim state benefits for the duration of their licence period".
Send in the clown...
"Dominic Grieve, the shadow justice secretary, condemned the payments, saying that the money would be better spent on prisoner rehabilitation.
"Hard-pressed taxpayers will be flabbergasted to learn they are compensation prisoners for being released early – it just adds insult to injury," he said. "Money that could have been spent holding and rehabilitating prisoners is being spend on releasing them to reoffend".
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Sunday, March 08, 2009
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